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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER
HOMECOMING AT S.T.C.
In spite of rain on November 19,
State Teachers College students and
faculty kept the Homecoming spirit
alive. There was great enthusiasm.
The decorating of floats for the
parade was stopped by showers which
ended in a downpour of rain. From
this there seemed hardly any relief
until late afternoon.
In Moore Hall alumni gathered to
enjoy Coffee Hour .sponsored by the
Elizabeth City Alumni Chapter. From
nine in the morning until game time
delicious coffee and doughnuts were
served to many former students of the
College. The weather was almost for
gotten during this period of happy re
union.
At the same time the Coffee Hour
was being held there was Open House
in all dormitories.
Through mud and rain the Pirates
continued their fight. Inspired by their
own courage and the support of the
student body they brought victory to
the College on Homecoming Day.
A dance to be long remembered
was the Homecoming Dance, with A.
& T. Band of Creensboro, North Caro
lina leading in this final scene.
—Alelia Koonce
OPEN HOUSE HELD AT S.T.C.
Open house was really a success
this year. The rooms in the dormitories
were open for everyone from nine
o clock until eleven. The dormitories
were crowded with people, who came
to witness this occasion with us. Butler
Hall was tops this year with new furn
iture; but if there had been a contest
to determine which dormitory looked
the best during open house, it would
have been difficult to say W'hether it
was Bias, Sjanera or Butler.
—Janice Rogers
Y.M.C.A. SPONSORS
THANKSGIVING SERVICES
The Young Men’s Christian Assoc
iation sponsored a very impressive
Thanksgiving Service on November
21, in the College Auditorium. The
program was opened by singing “Bring
O Morn, Thy Music,” followed by in
vocation and prayer by John Bias, The
scripture was read by Robert Moody,
who also gave a prayer in response to
the ijresentation of gifts for the needy.
“The Lord’s Prayer” was sung by Mr.
W. E. Lawrence.
The speaker for the occasion was
Mrs. Estelle Eaton, Language Arts in
structor, who enlightened us on ihe
“Spirit of Gratitude.”
The program was closed by singing
the Thanksgiving Hymn, “Come Ye
Thankful People Come.”
YOUNG MEN GET B. S.
Five Butler Plall Seniors received
their B. S. degree at the completion
of the first quarter. They were J. J.
Boone, Cleveland Godfrey, John Spar
row, Dewey Clark and Uriah Eley.
These young men received accept
able marks for their work as practice
teachers during the first quarter.
To them we wish a happy and suc
cessful career as future teachers and
American Citizens.
—Branch
ALUMNI NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Everett are
proud parents of a son, Charles Ever
ett, the third. Mrs. Everett is the
former Carolyn Proctor, ’55.
AWAY IN A MANGER
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus
laid down His sweet head.
The stars in the heavens
looked down where He lay.
The little Lord Jesus,
asleep on the hay.
The cattle are lowing.
The baby awakes,
But httle Lord Jesus,
Xo cr> ing He makes.
I love Thee, Lord Jesus,
Look down from the sky.
And stay by my cradle
Till morning is nigh.
—Luther
FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS BY
BUYING GHRISTAMS SEALS
In 1904 the idea of financing the
fight against tuberculosis by mailing
Christmas seals to prospective contri
butors originated in Denmark. Miss
Emily P. Bissell proposed this idea,
and many people thought little of it,
but her stamps brought $.3,000. Since
then the idea has gained world-wide
attention and is now considered a
part of the Christmas tradition.
Since tuberculosis is the nation’s
number one killer, every effort to
keep the disease under control is being
put forth. Every country and city in
North Carolina is provided with a
free X-Ray mobile at least once a
year in order to discover the disease
in the primary stage; for if the disease
is discovered in this stage it is easier
to control.
The number of cases continues high,
but due to the different agencies set
up to fight the disease, the death rate
has declined. The different Associa
tions set up to aid in the care of pat
ients and provide different drugs are
run largely by the contributions given
through Christmas seals. Give liberally
to Christmas seal drives. The money
you give might make your home more
safe and keep it from being broken.
The slogan for this year’s Christmas
seal sale, said Mrs. W. T. Bast, State
Chairman is: “No home is safe from
tuberculosis until all homes are safe.”
—Koonce
CHRISTMAS
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mas will give us di\’ine strength for
Christmas temptations, and grace for
the “thorn in the flesh.”
Such a great blessing is always the
result of divine worship. The message
of Christmas is that we should come
and worshii^ the Christ, the new born
King.
3. In the last part of verse eleven of
the second chapter of Matthew are
these words: “And when they ha:l
opened their treasures, they presented
unto gifts: gold, and frankincense, and
myrrh.” From these words we learn
that Christmas should bring to us a
spirit of benevolence, a spirit of shar
ing, a si^irit of giving.
The wise men offered the most pre
cious gifts they had to the most worthy
December, 1953
MISS HELEN A. MARSHALL
AND DEAN CALDWELL WED
Vliss Helen A. Marshall, instruct
or in English, and Dean Thomas L.
Caldwell were married at the First
Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia,
on No\'ember 24, 1955, nine o'dod
in the morning.
The maid of honor was Miss Made
line Ad a m s of Providence, Rhodf
Island, best friend of the bride from
college days. Best man was Mr. Oweii
Funderburg of Durham, North Caro
lina, college chum of tlie groom.
The magnificent church was de
corated with ferns and candelabra, Tlif
bride wore white waltz-length gown
of silk shantung; shoulder length veil
one piece of jewelry, a single string
of i^iearls which was a gift of the
groom, and she carried an orchid ot
cause they knew. As we aijproach this I a Bible. The ceremony w'as performed
season of the year we should in all
sincerity ask ourselves, “What offering
shall I give to the Christ of God and
to my fellowman?” Now and for the
next few days the churches. Salvation
Army, the Tuberculosis Association
“The Neediest Kids of All”, and simi-
har organizations will be seeking your
help. You alone know what your re
sponse will be to these requests. One
thing is certain however: he who has
not learned that the Christmas spirit
is a spirit of giving more than a spirit
of being given to; he who has not
epitome of sacrificial giving, has cer
tainly missed the entire meaning of
the manger birth and of the first gift
of Christmas.
When Thomas Carlye was only six
years of age, an old man came to his
house begging. Thomas was alone in
the house. So greatly was the boy’s
heart touched by the appeal of the old
man that he gave the beggar the entire
contents of his penny bank. When the
boy became a famous writer, he always
looked back at this act as his most
liberal gift, “I never knew anything in
all my life that gave me so much
pleasure,” he would often say. In this
cheerful spirit in which Carlye gave
let us give to God. Let us give of our
material means, and above all let us
give our hearts, our entire being to
Christ and to the principles which He
taught and for which He died.
What does Christmas mean to me?
Bringing the three points of the mes
sage together, Christmas means the
leaving of the heart’s dearest desires
to seek and to worship the Christ of
God, and in the act of worshipping
the Christ we unconditionally give our
selves to Him.
QIl|ristmas anh JCappy
by Dr, George Ransome, and “Tlie
Wedding Prayer” sung by Mrs. Marie
Goodman Hunter, music consultant in
Richmond City School System,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Marshall, bro
ther and sister-in-law' of the bride
entertained the newlywed and their
guests at a breakfast in the dini«
room of Slaughter’s Hotel follomn’
the ceremony.
The guest from the campus includ
ed President and Mrs. S, D, Williams,
Mr.s, C, R, Payton, Miss D, L, Taylor,
and present at the ceremony vvas .Miss
E. L. Davis.
—Constance Taylor
THE DON COSSACK CHORUS
TO BE PRESENTED
The Don Cossack Chorus and danc
ers conducted by Kostrukoff will gi'f
a concert in Moore Auditorium on
Saturday, December 10, 1955.
The Tulsa Daily World, a news
paper, says “The beauty of their
voices, the exhurerant and skilW
dancing make the Cossacks an unfail
ing attraction, to be heard and seen
again and again without losing any of
the thrill of a first experience.
They are known and stand amon;
the best choral groups now to be hear
in our concert halls. You will first ^
inspired by their erectness in
bright uniforms and military bearing,
and the other inspiration will co®‘
when you evaluate their singing ar
dancing. ,,
—Marie Rida»
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W.S.T.C. AT A GLANCE
Winston-Salem College strikes yo»
as being a large College upon
the campus because of the nu.
buildings there. It gives you
enterin?
iiribei of
the im
pression of a strong urban atmospbf
This may be attributed to the Jf
that the school is located in a «
city and in close proximity to o
cities.
There seems to be also an
e.scellft
ollegiate atmo.siDhere, This _
tremelv evident in the genera
-;ll lllSl''
ners, dress and school spirit of thf
tire student body.
W'inston - Salem Teachers
is supported by their strong
whose support, I understand, con '
throughout the year. There
to be the same old football
tw-een W,S,T,G, arrd Elizabeth U,
Colle?
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